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Old Feb 1, 2012
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aftermarket lights behind grille

hey guys. i have a honeycomb front grille and i wanted to put some aftermarket offroad lights behind it. i met up with a few of you guys a few weeks ago and someone mentioned that the lights were called "gator" or something like that, i'm not sure but if you guys have any ideas or suggestions let me know because i'd like to put a few on my truck. thanks!!
 
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I have Hella 500FF's behind my grill
 
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Old Feb 1, 2012
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Have some piaa's behind mine. Had to do an inverted mount tho. Still a piece of cake!
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012
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i got some KC dayliters on mine had to make mount and stuff and move tranny cooler. might wanna go with thin offroad lights
 
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You guys wanna put some pictures up? I have a hard time navigating the albums and stuff.
 
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That looks great, Thanks
 
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Old Feb 9, 2012
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hella 500. made mounts to hang lights from the top. removed useless power outlet and installed my switch in the dash
 
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Old Feb 9, 2012
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Kc Slims mounted upside down to the header panel.



 
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Old Jan 16, 2013
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What did you mount to the plastic I don't see where you actually drilled the whole
 
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mounted to what plastic?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2015
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hella 500. made mounts to hang lights from the top. removed useless power outlet and installed my switch in the dash
Nice setup!

how did you mount the left light? My ranger happened to have a small radiator on the left side.. Not sure if i have to relocate it? any how to's?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2015
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Last comment on this post was 2 years ago.. I doubt any of the OP's are around to answer the question. The little radiator you are talking about is the tranny cooler. You can just find a way to re-locate it.. move it out of the way enough to mount the lights.. then use some sort of custom bracket to attach it to the truck. Doubt there would be a how-to on it.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2015
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I realized that... thanks for the advice @Rlong31!
 
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Dragging this one up again, anyone know the space (width) available inside the grille? (hoping all/most years are the same, mine is the honeycomb 2002)

Hoping to fit an LED light bar here, any tips?
 
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